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% THE [ p*y? in*^8* S f PT A MT17'D,C on Deposits. ? ? r JuA IN I Ju a o Ace o ts n ts J ?LOAN AND Solicited. \ fSAVINGS ?f??^j J Jj A IN K. CHAS, C. HOWA*D,? 5 AUGUSTA, GA. J Cashier. ? THE NATIONAL BANK i OF AUGUSTA' K L. C'HAYXE, FRANK G. FonD. President. Cashier.^ CAPITAL $250,000. Surplus J Undivided Profits, j $125,000 Our New Vault contains .po Safiy-I.ock Boxes, which wc offer to uur patrons and ( thc public at three toten dollars per annum, j NO. 7. 1 City Suffers Most Disai tory of FIRE RAGrD ALL DAY SUNDAY Toward Midnight the Fire Began Eating its Way Into thi Financial District-flayor flcLean Says the Loss Cannot lie Estimated. '' Baltimore. Special.-Tho. most de structive conflagration in the history I of Baltimore occurred herc Sunday in I the wholesale dry goods business dis-1 ' trict, raging practically unchecked j during many hours, completely de-1 straying scores of the largest bust-1 ness houses in thc w holesale district, ! involving losses which cannot bc esti- j mated, as the fire was still burning j fiercely when night fell. Owing to the j wide extent of the calamity it will be tomorrow before even an approximate I estimate can be made, though it is ! certain that it has already exceeded ? $25,000,000. The fire was still burning | at nightfall, but was under control, j No loss of life was reported at this i hour. BROKE OUT ON HOPKINS PLACE. ' The fire broke out shortly before ll o'clock this morning in the wholesale dry goods store of John T. Hurst & Co., on Hopkins' place, in the heart of the business district, with a series uf loud explosions, which were heard | in remote parts of the city, and spread with fearful1 rapidity. In half an hour there w_-re a dozen big warehouses in the wholesale dry goods and notions district burning fiercely. The entire ' fire department was called out,but was j ' utterly powerless to check the spread ! ? of the .flames, which were aided by-I, the high winds, and hy noou there j { were savaje fires in at least 30 big i l ? warehouses, and the coutiagration was j . steadily eating its way into successive r blocks, east, north, west and south. ! On Baltimore street, the blocks be- j t tween- Liberty and Sharp streets was v . soon ablaze, then came the next block f east to Hanover and after that the ! - block^on the. south side to Charles j ' street:broke cut into- flames, the Con-1? solidated^G'as Company?i^buildhig ana n Ochm's Acme Hall bunringvfiejceiy. Meanwhile there were stor?^qrth t? of Baltimore, street .^PS- <?~^g||i Bings ne^j^^^^f^'^f^ ^y^/pi>- the south side t( <S^-s*treet, the 'block-was d thc big bargain house al Dowa in Hopkins' place -- where . the conflagration started. : 11 Hurst's building and other wholesale s' houses on both sides of the street j |1 crumbled and fell. ? 11 The big dry goods houses of Daniel ; Miller & Sons aud R. M. Sutton & V Co. were soon aflame, and along Ger- s . mau street-cast and west, from the j (1 Hurst building-there were a dozen : c buildings buming. Mass & Kemper'? big wholesale j storr, on Baltimore street, quickly j r succumbed to thc flames. On Hop-1 * kies' place the Hopkins' Savings Bank ! * and thc National Exchange Bank I were gutted by thc flames. Across j the street were tho ruins of John E. I ^ Hurst & Co.. and next to it Hechl, Jr.. ; , & Sons, were in llames. j i THE BLOCK A CAULDRON. j '<? All these braidings were swept away I by the flames, and the whole biock 1 -iva? r.otbi'.g but a cauldron of Are. I At 1:30 o'clock Mullin's Hotel, a 1 seven-story structure, at Liberty and 1 Baltimore streets, was in flames from < garret to cellar and its great height and narrowness acted as a torch. All the guests had been ordered out, and i none, consequently, was injured. i Though every bit of fire-fighting ap paratus in the city was ' called into requisition as the flames continued to spread, at 10 o'clock six engines ar rived from Washington and four from Philadelphia. It is roughly estimated that there were 350 hose playing on different parts of the conflagration at the same time. FINE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. Wall after wall toppled into the streets, and firemen ran for their lives. All kinds of wires had to be cut to clear the way for the fire fighters. Thc block bounded by Gorman, Liberty. Baltimore and Sharp streets was early found to be doomed, and the firemen turned their attention to sav ing the buildings on Baltimore street, east cf Sharp, but the fire was beyond their control. Red hot cinders ignited the roof cf ? Infuriated Negro Mils. Tarboro. Special.-Because she would not marry him. Randal Pitman. ( colored, shot and instantly killed Mag- j gie Battie. a widow, here Sunday and j probably fatally wounded her sister. J Louisa Barret. Pitman had called, re- j newed his suit and as Maggie was j about to cousent. Louisa protested, j whereupon the mr.n drew his pistoi. ! shot both and then made his escape. ! He has not yet been apprehended. Minor flention. George Mcnchines. known as the polyglot guide ai the capitol in Wash ington, died last week. He had served as guide there for nearly twenty years', and was most successful in hi? employment. Ke ramo from Wales, and could speak and write in French, Itali an, Spanish and Portuguese, besides h?vir.? ? familiarity -with several dia lects" He spoke his native Welsh, and naturally had a'gcod command of English.' He went to California in 1849 and t?ace a fortune in sluicing goldT which he invested iii valuable real straus Blaze in the His? the South I Front Street Theatre at least half a j mile from the main conflagration, which shows to what distance the fiery rain fell. The blaze was ex tinguished by the firemen, assisted by citizens. For a time considerable alarm was felt at the City Hospital. The Sisters or Mercy in charge of tbe institution j [ were all at their posts, and an effort ! j was made to keep the fa^ of thc ccu- ! few cinders fell on the roof of thc hes- i fiagration a secret from the patients. A j pita!, hut were extinguished by thc physicians of the house staff. Eighteen women, two babies and ' -seven nurses were taken from the! Maternity Hospital, on West Lombard ! street, in police ambulances and given Quarters at the city hospital. A woman who was ill in bed with typhoid fever was taken to the city hospital. CITY TERRIFIED BY EXPLOSION. At 3 o'clock a tremendous explosion of about 150 barrels cf whiskey stored in the upper floors of N?. 24 Hanover street hurled tons of burning matter across the street onto the roofs of the buildings opposite which the firemen ? were drenching with water in a vain j hope to make Hanover street, the east ern boundary line of the conflagration. Here an engine was buried by a faliing . wall, the firemen fleeing for their lives. . The whole city was notified of the ; conflagration by a terrific explosion, ? which occurred some minutes after ll , a'clock. A sharp, spitting roar went I .ip with reverberating thunder. This !1 ivas followed by a peculiar whistling j < loise like thai made by a shrill wind. 1 ] The churches in the centra! part of j l he city were filled with worshippers. | \ nany of whom were frightened, and, I s ?Mle no. panics ensued hundreds of ' i nen and women went outside to see 11 ?hat had happened. In a few moments j r he streets and pavements all over the jj i ty were crowded with excited people, j I; mother deafening crash occurred, and jj. ense columns of cinders and smoke ? p hot up over the r.-ntral section of j ii he city, and in a huge brown column f j< icved rapidly toward the northeast, p ?orne on the strong southeast wind r aeicolunm of smoke, blazing, cinders e ^^Oi'm?^T:. .. - }t f*c1n??^rs fell, compelling pedestrians' | U > doge red hot pieces of wood. S; EOPLE DODGING FIRE BRANDS, li g Two more explosions followed,, and j bousands of people hurried to the j Dene of the five. Of all the specta are, comparatively few saw the fire self. They could not get within half a lock of it. Even the policemen guard- e ig thc approaches to the fire had to hift their positions repeatedly and odge falling cinders. Pieces of tin by S feet, square were lifted into the ir by the terific heat, sailed upward ike paper kites, and when they 0 cached a point beyond the scene of j e he most intense heat, fell clattering J 0 the streets. ) 1 AGING WITH UNABATED FURY. ( 0:20 p. m -The fire is still raging vith unabated fury.. The fire depart ncnt is helpless with the flames stead- i ly traveling eastward on Baltimore t md Fayette streets. The Union Trust juiiding has fallen in. The Carrollton Hotel is on fire. The Herald building ? s apparent}' doomed, and the occu- ? jants have moved out. The Sun is jreparing to move. Clouds of burning ? linders cover the whole city. FIRE NEAR COURT HOUSE. 10:20 p. m.-The fire sweeping east 1 on Fayetteville street is within a short '? distance of the court house, which oe- ; cupies the block bounded by Fayette) ] Lexington and Calvert streets. Oppo site is the postoffice adjoining this is the temporary custom house and opposite to thia is the city hall. The Calvert office building, at Fayette and St. Paul street, is afire, and the Equit able building, which adjoins it, is now threatened. The main office of the Western Union Telegraph Cezspauy is located ir the Equitable building, sod the force is leaving for a branch of fice. A number of buildings are hoing dynamited in an effort to F-.?p tho fire. 11:45-The fire is still eating its VM? eastward on Baltimore street, and os South and German streets, including the financial district. Mayor KcL&na, who has been on the sceue all day an? night, says it is utterly impossible to make an estimate of loss. Yha fire . Fire Still Raging at 2 O'clock. Washington. Special.-A dispatch received from Baltimore at 2 o'clock Monday morning says the fire is still raging fiercely. The postoffice build ing is burning. also the $4.0)0.000 court house. The Holiday St.reet The atre has been blown up with dryna mite and the United States Express oflices and central offices of the Bal timore & Ohio Railroad are burned. FlnsI Interview. Tokio, By Cable.-It is believed that the final interview between Foreign Minister Komura and Baron De Rosen, tho Russian minister, took place Sun day afternoon. The Baron drove tn ' Minister Komura's official residence and remained 20 minutes. The nature of the conference is a secret as are i all ?he important acts of the Japanese ! court. It Is probable that Baron De ! Rosen, delivered the belated Russian officials say that thus far it trill ag gregate $40,000,000. Crash after crash could be heard within the burning district, but even the firemen could not tell from what buildings they proceeded. In the seeth ing furnace of flames all sense of the direction of location of buildings was lost Hundreds of merchants and business meta with offices on the threatened dis trict were notified by watchmen and police. Many took steps to have their books removed to a place of safety. A. C. Meyer ft Co., and the Carroll j ton Chemical Company removed boxes j containing explosives to a point seve ; ral squares away from the fire. . j SOME OF THE BUILDINGS BURNED Among the buildings consumed are 1 the following; Roxbury Rye Distilling Company; Allen & Sons, leather; Sugar & Shear, clothing; L. Stein ft Co., umbrella man ufacturers; M* Friedman & Sons; Crockin ft Co., dry goods; Schwarz Toy Company; Mulliu's Hotel; Burgunder Brothers, clothing; Maas ft Kemper, manufacturers of confectioners' tools; Lev.ds Lowry ft Co., dry goods; Dry Goods Exchange; S. Neuburger ft Brother, dry goods; A. Sauber, cloth ing and sponging establishment; A. C. j Meyer & Co., druggists; Carrollton Chemical Company; William T. Dixon ft Bro., wholesale paper; Burger ft Co., wholesale clothing; Blanke's saloon; Thomas Burne & Co., liquors; James Gary ft Sons, cotton ' mills, office; Charles Burger & Co., wholesale cloth ing: American Cigar Company; Cook Sanders, local agent of Cluett. Pea body ft Co.; John Hurst ft Co.. dry ; goods; Hancel Miller ft Sons dry \ goods; Stanley ft Brown Drug Com- .< pany; R. M. Hutton ft Co., dry. goods; h Diggs. Curarn & Co., boots and shoes; ] Nolan's restaurant; C. Y. Davidson, L ?as-fltting establishment; F. Schleims j j & Co., clothing dealers; Oppenheimer, j Koshland & Co.. wholesale jewelers; 11 ftr. C. Katzem & Co., clothing; C. J. j t Ste.vart ft Sons, hardware; O'Connell ft I { Bastion, restaurant; building occupied t JJ" the National Exchange Bank and ( he Merchants and Manufacturers' As- j .ociation; Hopkins Savings Bank; the (i wilding occupied by Thornton, Rogers c fe Co., printers; Carr, Owens ft Heine- (] nan, and Blake's saloon; Baltimore o Jews Company; the dishing Company, i ?ook sellers; J. S. MacDonald ft Co., tl : welcrs; the Goodyear Rubber Com- tl any; Likes Berwanger ft Co., clc?h- \\ lg; the Welch Brothers Company. 0 ;welers; the Consolidated Gas Com- tl any; Oehms & Co., clothiers; C. J. si lelaney ft Co.; Huyler's Confection- p, ry; Willing Knabe Piano Company; I oi Ip_ uyuia? mitta. Piano Company; P. W. McAl-^g ster & Co., opticians; Bryant tratton, business college; R. Lcitz ft j ]? o., pianos; Imwold ft Co., furniture; j <j ranger ft Co., tobacconists; Arnbach, j 0 ?rothers, clothing manufacturers; g onrad Zeul's Sons, trunk manufactur- t? rs: the building occupied by Silber- e ian ft Todes, dry goods; Tbalmier j si trothers, dry goods, end the Florence i ? V. McCarthy Company; Fussellnaugh- j jj Slake Company, wall paper; Raschgaa : Garner, window shades; R. Jandorf F : Co., boots and shoes; James Rob- *j rtson Manufacturing Company, met- t ls: Peter Rose ft Sons, harness and \ addlery; B. Cohen, notions; N. Pretz- c elder, boots and shoes; John Murphy i :ompany, publishers. | * LATER-At 8 o'clock Monday morn- j j ng the fire was reported nncontrol- ; t ible, with JOBS fully fifty millions of lollara. The fire departments of ftow i'ork City, Philadelphia, Washington ind Wilmington on hand and almoet Doweiless to stay tbe flames. News of the Day. The presentation by the Prince o? j j Monaco to the Academy of Sciences of j Paris of a map of ocean depths, show- : i ?ng the nature and formation of all thc j, bottoms sounded, bas once more | brought the personality of the Prince before the public. Beyond the fact that he is paid $500,000 a year to permit gambling in his principality and that he has twice been freed from marital obligations-once from the daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, his first wife, and latelv from the Duchess of Riche lieu, nee "Heine, of New Orleans, very little is known of the Prince. With the gift of this deep sea chart has come the. revelation that Prince Albert is a scientist, for most of the soundings recorded on this chart were taken by him or those with him in the cruises of his yachts, the Hirondelle, the Princess Alice I and the Princess Alice It. It is announced that Thomas Nelson Page, author, is in the near future to establish a technical school in Han over, Va., teb county of his birth. The Lian is to teach young men and girls fae different manual callings, such as carpentering. mechanics, ccoKing, cooking, sewing, etc. Telegraphic Briefs. The Russian reply was delivered to Japan at Tokio, and is expected to lead to war. Mrs. Florence Maybrick is at. the j country home of the Sisters of the ' Epipha'ny, at Truro. Cornwall. Joseph Chamberlain is exhausted by his political labors awd will take a long rest. The movement for separating church and state is gaining a fresh impetus in France. The Presidential boom of Chiel Justice Alton B. Parker was launched at a banquet of the Manhattan Club, in New York: Important arragnements for the Republican National Convention were completed in Chicago. District Attorney Jerome returned from his tour in Mexico, and declared that New York was less open than in Mayor Low's administration. rvovisions are short at Port Arthur, and it is feared that ino Russian gar rison will be starve--! <? "M if Japan get? control of thc soa NOW OUT OF CUBA American Army No Longer Occupies the Country INDEPENDENT AFTER MANY YEARS The Last Indication of Foreign Occu pation Mas Been Removed From thc Island. Havana, By Cable.-The last vestige of the American occupation of Cuba disappeared Thursday afternoon when the American flag was lowered from the Cabana barracks, and the last bat talion of American soldiers marched to the Triatornla pier nnd boarded the United States army transport Sum ner. The Sumner had brought the Seven teenth and Nineteenth company of United States artillery from Santiago, and these troops participated with the Twenty-first and the Twenty-second companies, who have been stationed here in tho evacuation cf Cabana bar racks. President Palma and tile members of his cabinet, Gen. Rodriguez, command er of the rural guards, United States Minister Squires and the members of the legation staff took their places in the centre Of the parade ground: After the soldiers had presented arms, the American f!ag was slowly lowered from the staff over the barracks, a salute of 21 guns meanwhile being fired from the fortress. The Cuban flag was raised in its place and also saluted with 21 ;uns. President Palma then addressed Mr. Squires and Major Brown, com- |^ nander of the American troops, say ng ""Ve ara confronted by one of the nost. extraordinary facts recorded iii he annals of universal history, the de larture from our shores of the last roops the United States has kept in Juba, after helping us to secure our ndependence and the blessings of free iom. They coulci stay longer, under ny pretext whatever, or an unjust emand could bc imposed upon us but n the contrary, the government of the hilted States identified as it is with fie liberal spirit and noble character of tie American people, willingly proves :s disinterestedness and the sincerity f the aid it rendered us by taking^ lese men away and showin?g?t the; ime time, that we hajjgg?P^i inde endent people E the li lory a verers; for il means that nobody oubts our ability to govern ourselves r to maintain peace and order and uarantee the rights of all the inhal ants of this island. This new consid ration shown us, together with the ervices we have previously received t their bands, will bind the Cuban copie to the American people forever a a strong tie of sincere gratitude." Major Brown replied to President 'alma and thanked him for his kind ess to the American officers and sol iers. He said he believed he voiced he opinions ot* his comrades in say ng that there were no better people m earth than those of Cuba, and ex cessed the hope that Senor Palma ronld serve many' years as President, .dding that the first part of his admin stration was ? guarantee for success p. the future. After this reply, all roops marched past in platoon forma iou and boarded the Sumner. The Sumner will sail -tomorrow, caving tho Twenty-first and Twenty ecomi companies of artilley at Fort 3avrancas. Fla., ami taking the others o Fort Washington. Md. Safe Blowers Arrested. Roanoke. Va.. Special.-Two men jiving their names as William Ray nond and James Donohue were ar rested here last night by W. G. Bald win, president of thc Railway Special Agents' Association of America, charg ed with cracking the safe in the Na tional Bank of Rocky Mount, Va., two weeks ago. when $4,0u0 in silver was taken. Eleven bags containing $1,100 in silver were found on the men. There is still $2,900 missing. The men had thc money buried near Rocky Mount, and went there from Roanoke to get it. Silk Culture Congress. Washington. Special.-Louis B Magid. of Georgia, the president ot the Silk Culture League of America, announced that he had called a silk culture congress to be held next Oc tober at St. Louis. He announced that Secretary Wilson has promised to make ari address. Mr. Magid called on President Roosevelt in the interest of the movement for the growth of silk in the United States. Plan of Organization. Now York, Special.-It was announ ced Thursday night that a plan for] the reonranization of tho United States Ship Building Company, sat isfactory both to the bondholders, rep-i resented by Samuel Untermeyer, and to the Schwab-Sheldon controlling in-j torest?. has been reached, and that in consequence all litigation will come to nu end. Raleigh Woman Held In Rom?. Rome, By Cable.-Anna Stevern Jackson, of Raleigh, N. C., who, oi .ian. 15, after escaping from a house o detention, was found rm the railroac tracks, three miles out of Rome, ha; been placed In an asylum for the in sane, pending Inquiries which are be ?RS made in thc United States concern ins ber identity. God's mercy is like thc ocean, if 1 is ebb tide apparently in one place i :? certainly flood lido In another. DOINGS IN CONGRESS Discussion in the Senate on the Treaty Question. Tillman Speaks Plainly. After almost allowing the amend ment to the urgent deficiency appro priation hill providing for a loan o? $4,600,000 to the St. Louis Exposition to go through without any discussion whatever, the Senate Wednesday changed its tactics just as the vote was about to be taken and entered upon a debate on the loan provision, which continued for about four hours, and which was still In progress when the Senate adjourned fer thc day. The debate was precipitated by a point of order made against the amendment by Mr. Bailey, who supported his point with a speech based on the theory that the national government was not, as such, concerned with thc success or failure Of any" exposition. Ho was sup. ported by Mr. Lodge and Mr. Elkins, wf.ile speeches were made in support of; the amendment by Messrs. Hale, Allison, Cockrcll, Spooner. McComas and o th ere. Mr. Tillman said he wanted to say j something on this "loan or gift," the latter he thought, as it was not likely that the government would ever get anything back. In the course of his repiarks he said South Carolina had had a share of the steal that had been secured by other cities and he had h?iped to get it. What he meant was that this expenditure of money was unlawful and unconstitutional. . yiv. Spooner remarked that the Sen. afer from South Carolina had put him self on record as participating In a Ettal. . j'Wh?t I mean," declared Mr. Till mtn, "is that when Congress takes m?ney from the people "and gives it ayay for. expositions it amounts to a st?al. What I want to know is how far we are to go and how much longer 5V? are to participate in" -Jiere Mr. Tillman hesitated. ?"Steals," interjected Mr. Spooner. .-"Yes, steal," said Mr. Tillman, de ian tl y. :Mr. Bacon said that ts he intended o? vote for the amendment he did not ?rant the impression to go ont (hat he ras in the tvrong. He thought the ap propriation a proper one. In reply to ^question from Mr. Batley he said lat-abstractly he did not endorse the tijnciple, and that if the practice of dying aid to expositions was now bo uninitiated he would oppose the prac ije. But in view of what had been [OW in the past he considered it not iVf of place to make thc appropriation. SThe Senate chamber was again the ?na of an interesting political tie fte with the provision in the urgent f?ciency appropriation bill for a " an of $4,600,000 for the St. Louis ? ^position the basis for the discus- ; i?n; 1 ?The controversy was precipitated by ] .fo'Lodge, who quoted many official gifi?'s to demonstrate that Republican Sides had not been a failure in the -Iii, . r-ii^ j._ ?.? __j_ ..."..?.?... i JRn?^ei?ocr?tBwcts Messrs. Gor ?an and Bailey wire the orators, j Commenting on the present condi gn of the country's finances, Mr. Gor ian said that it was due to the im mense expenditures made in prepara |on for war-$82.000.000 last year for li? navy and $118,000.000 for the rmv, in a time of profound peace. He enied, as Mr. Lodge had charged, that le had been an enemy of the upbuild ig of the nary. On the contrary, he '?auld have the navy engage amide ?rees to- guard American interests X'erywhere. But he had had no idea if a navy ro compete with that pf 'reat Britain or Germany, because our Auditions did not require such a navy, ie did not want a navy for display, bat ur service. I "I want economy in it." he said, and ie called atten'ic-n to the effectuai aid jven to Venezuela during the admtn stration of Mr. Cleveland. "We did kat," bc said, "al thc cost of $16.000; 90 a year, and now we pay $S2;000, (30 for a navy with which to threaten :olombia." "ile would reduce Hie irmy from 100.00O men os now au acrized. to 50,000. ? :He did not, he said, confess that he ijould be willing tc take money from *ie excessive expenditures fer tue ?.my and navy, and give it to the St. tonis fair, the success of which was pledged by the United States. Some Spicy Remarks. Indiana and Kentucky locked horns [a the House Wednesday. Thc debate, ?rhich involved nearly every member of 30th State delgations. was fast and "urlous from start to finish. Kentucky lemanded of Indiana thc return of W. 3. Taylor, that he might be tried for :he assassination of Wi!" ara Goebel. rhe assault was made by Mr. James, of Kentucky, and the defense was led by Mr. Crumpackcr. ot' indiana. Partisan feeling rose to an extreme tension, and is either side scored both applause lerision resulted. The debate was lased on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Mr. James fired both sides of thc Mouse to interest and feeling by de rla! ing at the outset, that tho "Rough Rider President" was ridiculous in his message to Congress favoring interna tional extradition treaties, when one State could not. get from another fugi tive from justice. He had. he said, introduced a bill in which the Federal government made extradition compul sory in cases where persons had been ndicted for crime. For four years, he said. Governor Durbin, of Indiana, had protected Taylor, who had been regu larly indicted in Kentucky for the m?r ier of Goebel, "and yet I notice that when Durbin comes to town." con tinupd Mr. James, "he is wined and Shied by this great Don Quixote upon extradition, who absolutely coniidps to Durbin the right to give the walt ing and anxious world the news that Hanna can run for President if he wants to. And when wc all road that, ive again declare 'the king can do no prrong.' " Mr. Crumpackcr, of Indiana, arose to make a reply to Mr. James, and brought a storm of questions from tho Democratic side. The Governor of Indiana needed no lefense, began Mr. Crumpacker. espe cially to anyone acquainted with the Kentucky election of 13D9. He declared raylor had been elected Governor; thai the Kentucky juries had been "pack ??V' and that history would justify UH action of Indiana. Mr. \Vllliara3. of Mississippi, cora batted the idea that the Kentucky j-tries were "corrupt fl nd rotten." Ir ?-,m^ respect, he said, the speech 0 Mr Crumpackcr was a disgrace t? \merican "civilization. It was ridic-u 'ons to suppose that all purity feigne in Indiana, and that just across tbc i'vcr all wac corruption; ?, 11 Hi #j rUnor Events of the Week in a 3 Brief Form. Hunt'ng a Criminar. For two days officers and other in dignant citizens of Bennettsville have been scouring that section in search of John Johnson, wno is wanted for criminally assaulting the iU-^ear-cld daughter of John Hooks, at McColi. The crime was committed on January 21, but the girl did not make it known till last Saturday when she told a girl associate who was working in thc -Marie colton mill with her. Thc news I scon reached Mr. Hooks and lie found that she hd been seriously injured. She I said, she lind not revealed her condition sooner because the negro threatened to kill her if she told. As .soon as the crime became known Chief of Police Hays and a posse of citizens started to hun!. Johnson but he had just left town by some unknown route. Blood hounds were put on his track and fol lowed bim for several miles, but. final ly lost the tra i!, Checked Her Daughter, About i o'clock Sunday morong Patsy Flligau. n. negro woman living on Mr. Josiah Hitt's place about eight miles from Walterboro, went to the bed of her own daughter, Anita Eligan, and clutching her by the throat, choked her until she was dead. There were two other negro girls jg the room but they seemed to know very little about the horrible deed except that they helped carry the dead body of their sister into rhe adjoining room at the command ot* their mother. Anita Eligan wan about 17 years of age. Patsy was committed to jail charged j with the murder of her own child. She drnics killing her child. but .says ?he has killed the devil and that she did ? so at the command of Christ She is I r.o doubt crazy. M?KK? Uriels. While young Cecil McGowan and Walter Rawlinson, sou of Coi. ann* Mrs. J. w. Rawlinson of Rock Hill, were out ?a a field Monday hunting, roting Rawlinson playfully pointed his rifle, of the parlor rattern at his com panion and pulled the triger. A report fellowed. He was horrified to discover har the bullet had found a mark thc mooter little meant * it entered the ight cheek, passed into the mouin, 'utting oft' a piece of his tongue, ki??ci< ng out two teeth and came out brough the other cheek producing a .erv painful wound, but the attending iurgeon does not apprehend any sc ions consequences '"i W??0*!??L\ State. Tuesday UO?. and a commission WAS,. WWW the Darlington.. B*?" Good s Company, | ca pi ta lize d>?T?15,000. The dead body of Tanday Wilson, | colored, was found in a tract of woods j about three miles from Greenville Sat- ! urday night by W. M. Brockman. The negro had been employed by T. C. Marlin and was engaged in hauling. Saturday morning be went for a load of wood* and was net seen again until his body was found near a tree on which lie had been chopping. It is thought his death was caused from heart disease. The police department of Charles ton has sei::ed and confiscated nine slot machines found in stores about the citv. under the ordinance forbidding gambling device?, which the depart ment is now enforcing. The machines have disappeared from the counters and show cases, cad the dealers in ci gars are especially feeling the loss of the machines at which men would be playing all day lon?. Randolph Gordon, colored, one cf the Lauds at the paper mill at Hartville, fell I brough a hole in the upper floor of the digester room Friday night and broken his neck. It was clearly an ac cident and the coroner's jury so found. Cant. Ivy M. Mauldin, of Pickens. who was elected a member of the board of trustees of Clemson College, notified Governor Keyward Tuesday that he could pot serve in view ol the fact thal he was elected under some misapprehension. Ile is under tho im pression thal owing tr? a blunder he was nut on instead of Mr. J. E. Tindal, of Clarendon, although he is mistaken wv Mr. Tindal is life member of the board, having been appointed by Mr. Clemson. ?usp :cl Arrested. Bluefie?d, W. Va.. Special.-Goldstein Howard, a negro, is undo:- arrest here suspected of having assaulted Mrs. Shields, of Roanoke, on Saturday last. The Roanoke authorities were notified of the arrest and after getting a de scription of Howard wired the authori ties here, to hold him. On searching iho prisoner a silver-handled, broken pointed pen-kui.'e. filling the descrip tion ci the knife used in cutting Mrs. Shields' throat! was found, as was also a whisk breem imposed to be the broom missing from the Shields' hcir.e. Howard admits having been in Roa Qokc on thc day of the tragedy. Ste: m r Ethel Sunk. Savannah. Ga., Special.-The river steamer Ethel, of the Southern Trans portation Company's line, is stink in the Savannah river, near Gray's Point. 36 miles this side of Augusta. Tho passengers and crew wer:.- taken off and (he cargo is damaged. The steamer was loaded with fertiliser and corn. The boat struck a snag in the carly morning nm! bari to be beached to prevent total loss. Accident to ?ti2 Iowa. Norfolk. Va., Speci-il.-The hattlrphip Iowa, while tcslim ncr batteries on her way down thc coast February 4, blew off the muzzles of both eight-inch guns in her forward starboard turret, riving fragment;; smashed one of the ship's whale boats. Both guns are frac tured between hoops E and F. and thc barrels are badly swollen. None of the crew wa? injured, and no damage out side that given was sustained by the vessel. Mus! Ge Vvar. A cable dispatch from London says that the Japanese Minister In a pub lished interview declares that unless Ri ;ia rigrecs rn sign treaty war will bc inevitable, As Chickens Come Home. Tou may take the world as lt comes and goes, And you will be sure to find That Fate will square the accounts Ehe owes, . "Whoever conies out behind: .Snd all thing* bad that a man has done. Hy whatsoever induced. Return at last to him. one by one, As the chichona corne home to roost. Sow as you will, there's a time to reap, For the good and* the bad as well. And conscience, whether we wake or sleep, ls either a heaven or hell. And every wrong will find Its place. And every passion loosed Drifts back and meets you face tu face Like chicken? that come homo to roost. Whether you're over or under the soil Thc result will be the same. You cannot escape the hand of God, Von must bear your sin and sham?. Sn matter what's carved on a marble slab. When thc item's are all produced You'll rind that St. Peter was keepinc "lab." And that chickens came home to roost -Capone City (iowa) Tress. Naval Officer Buys Pew. Commander F. A. Miller, U. S. N., has purchased pew No. 118 in the historic St. John's church, Washing ton, from a Philadelphia^ paying him $1,000 for it. Appropriate to the Day. To the Christmas dinner let us bring every good and wholesome thought, kind hearts and the spirit of happiness. Let us call to us at .that hallowed hour the memory of loved ones not with us now, whether they be dead or living; let us give a thought to the wayward, to the pris oner, about whose very cell the broad charity of to-day twines a piece of holly; to the sick who lie on hospital beds at this hour; to the men in khaki who bear the flag in our far-off tropic isles, and who may only dream to-night of the snow and home cheer they cannot share; to those on the sea in peril among the winter storms of lake and ocean; to the babes just breathing the first breath of life, Christmas gifts indeed for pale, happy mothers; to the aged who realize that Christmas and death are coming very close together about them; to the men who labor in our great forests where the snow banks up high among God's own Christmas trees; to all, men and women and little children, shut out in any way from the cheerful glow of the home fire, or who, having homes, may have but little fire to burn. 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